The County

-Miss Louisa Gunter of Ann Arbor wül teach the youths of Pleasant Lake district in Freedom the coming surnmer. - ïtains of Saturday did much to aid the prospects of the wheatcrop damag(.(1 by the dry weather of the past few weeks. - Fred Krause. auctioneer. will offer for sale on Tuesday next, April (. at 1 i-. M., personal properly belonging to Jamos L. Hobbs, residing f of a mile southeast of Mooreville. - Mr. Jabus Loakes forty-four years a resident of Lodi township haring sold bis farm and personal property contemplates moving to IS'orth Lansing next week, where he wil! make his home with his eldest da,ughter. - A little son of John S. Chaffer of Mancliester set flre to the straw in the barn Tuesday af ternoon, and the result was that two banu were burned, also a cow and calf . The rest of the stock was saved, though one horse was badly scorched. - George Tlenwick, flfty-four years a resident of the connty and a prominent and well-known Citizen, fiffcy-two years of which time he has resided in XorthBeld bas sold his farm in that township and bought thePinney farm inOakland county located three miles south of South Lyon. -The iirst loss of importance since Oetober to the Washtenaw Mutual Insurance Company, was the burning of a tenant house in York on the 17th of March, owned by ex-supervisor Blakeslee, and insuredfor SOüO. Testimony as to the, value of the property bas been laken but the loss bas not been fully adiusted. - ilichael F. Jedele, son of Mrs. Joseph Jedele of Lodi, who some eight weeks since purcliased Adam Schroen's farm of York, died on Monday last of inflamm&tion of tlio lungs, aged 28 years. Deceased was sick abont one week and had been marcied abont five months. The funeral took place at Bethlehem Lutheran chureh in this city on "Wednesday. Ilis widow's malden name was Miss Stoll of Ann Arbor. -At a late sale of shorthorns at Ilowell, there were sales made to resident of 'Washtenaw county, as follows: Bow Park Lady 5th, a flve-year-old cow by Prince Arthur 124379. Bred by the Canada Stock Aasociation. To G. W. McConnick, Salem, S80. Lucy 12th, a cow bred by Wm. Warflöld of Lexington. by Oxford Duke of Athol 5055. L. K. Béafeh. To W. II. Newell, Dexter, $85. l'iince Frederlc 3d, a yearling, bred by T. Birkett,by Vanquisli Airdrie 34030. " Sold to L. D. Ball, Dexter, $80.